Real Housewife of Atlanta Kandi Burruss and radio personality Egypt Sherrod attend the 2nd annual Nonstop Day of Giving telethon at the NBC Experience Store on December 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

From the press release

National TV/NYC Radio Personality, Egypt Sherrod, along with Real Housewives of Atlanta Co-Star/Recording Artist, Kandi Burruss, and Bishop Hezekiah Walker Supported The 2nd Annual NBC Non Stop Day Of Giving.
This annual initiative done in partnership with WBLS FM and WOR AM radio benefitted City Harvest. All throughout the day, NBC 4 NY & NY Nonstop and its partners structured programming around the concept of charitable giving and the power of volunteerism. (more…)

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Oh My God I Think I’m Having a Rap Attack!

[ Ecstacy ]
Somebody get a doctor!
Quick, man
She’s having an attack!
[ Jalil ]
She said ‘rap attack’, man, not ‘heart attack’
[ Ecstacy ]
Oh, you mean she’s alright then?
[ Jalil ]
Of course, man
You never heard of a Mr. Magic Rap Attack?
Where is this guy from, man?
[ Ecstacy ]
Oh, I heard of a heart attack or a big mac attack
But what’s a rap attack?
[ Jalil ]
Come here, man, I see I’ma have to explain it to you
like this
See, a rap attack means……

- Whodini (Magic’s Wand)

Another sad day for hip hop fans as news broke yesterday of the passing of one of hip hop’s pioneering DJ’s, Mr. Magic aka The Official Voice of Hip Hop: Supa Rockin’ Mr. Magic, aka Sir Juice aka John Rivas. In the last few months we’ve seen the passing of DJ AM and DJ Roc Raida among others. For those of you who were fortunate to come up in the ‘golden era’ of hip hop as I was, you respect and appreciate the impact and influence he had on hip hop and commercial radio in general.

Every hip hop DJ with a mixshow, podcast, voice and career is indebted to Mr. Magic.

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Social Media guru Brent Leary and part time Twitter DJ (check him out — #FridayNiteMix) has an interesting blog post correlating social networking with being a DJ. At first glance, it appears to be an odd analogy.

However, some very valid comparisons were presented: instant communication (for better or worse), collaboration and the “viral” nature of social media along with your reputation as a DJ. Be sure to check out his post which also includes an interview with the legendary Daddy-O of Stetsasonic. Oh, and don’t get it twisted, in addition to being to being a legendary rapper, speaker and celebrity DJ — he’s also a well-versed tech-head has some very exciting things in store. Stay tuned…… Truly, ‘Bridging The Gap’.
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